“Mr. Whitbread
has the honour to acknowledge the receipt of the note of your Royal Highness,
enclosing the Copy of Your Royal Highness’s answer to Lord Castlereagh, and to present his most humble
duty to your Royal Highness.”
Robert Stewart, viscount Castlereagh (1769-1822)
British statesman who was foreign secretary (1812-1822). He fought a duel with George
Canning in 1809 and died a suicide in 1822.
Samuel Whitbread (1764-1815)
The son of the brewer Samuel Whitbread (1720-96); he was a Whig MP for Bedford, involved
with the reorganization of Drury Lane after the fire of 1809; its financial difficulties
led him to suicide.
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Source Description:
Author: Creevey, Thomas, 1768-1838
Title:The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the
late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903).
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Series: Lord Byron and his Times: http://lordbyron.org
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Publisher: Center for Applied Technologies in the Humanities, Virginia Tech
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